Blinken announces $400 mln military aid package for Ukraine

WASHINGTON. March 3 (Interfax) - The United States will grant another package of military aid for Ukraine, this time $400 million, the State Department said.

"I am authorizing our 33rd drawdown of U.S. arms and equipment for Ukraine since August 2021, valued at $400 million," Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.

The package will include ammunition for HIMARS high mobility artillery rocket systems, Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, howitzers, armored vehicle-launched bridges and demolition projectiles. The money also will be used to train the Ukrainian military, the statement said.